The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-02-10

James Comedian.
Charles I. Guptill, c. A. ). llackett, John j.
| Davis, w. NJ. White
Delegates to Mayoralty Conventional. Il. Rus
| sell, James Comedian, John f. Flake Robert f.
Somers, Thomas Il. Harper, John j. Davis, Mich
ael III. LawlesS.
WARD TWO.
The fight in Ward was over third coun-
Gilman and school committee. There were
some lively scenes and noise enough was
made TO crack the plaster. The room was
well filled with the unterrifed of the second
ward, and with the fumes of hundred
dudheens when Councilman Mccain called
| the hosts to order at the appointed time.
There was an elegant carpet of fresh saw
| dust on the floor, so that gentlemen were not
obliged to look around for cuspidores but
were free to deposit their exhausted tobacco
| juice as theypleased, so that they did not
| spit ON their neighbors.
Mr.. Mccain read the call and invited NOM
nations for chairman; whereupon a con-
fused shout arose, in which could be distin-
guished the names Of buddy, Wilson and
Gallagher. As the adherents of Wilson
seemed to have majority of the lung power
the good looking alderman of the ward was
declared the nominee for chairman, and took
the chair amid encouraging cries of $50 it,
Mr.. Wilson" William ii. Miller was chosen
| secretary.
The next business in order was the nomi-
nation of candidate for alderman. Virgil
| c. Wilson was nominated with an emphatic
and flattering unanimity.
For councilmen, Michae, c. Mccain and
| Joseph A. MCGOWAN were renominated by
aeclamation without dissent; but when it
came to the third name there was trouble.
Daniel S. Murphy is the present councilman.
and his friends considered that he ought to
have denomination Others thought diff
ferently, and shouted for Daniel Gallagher.
1t was attempted to put the latter through by
| reclamation. but ballot was demanded.
VIM. II. Sargent, Thomas Flaherty and
John Gooding were named a committee to
receive, sort and count votes The commit
tee reported:
Whole number OF votes. LAY
| Necessary Tor choice. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IA
Gallagher had. ....................... 6S
Murphy had.....-...-. - .....-..... rs
The announcement was received with ire
mendous cheers and call upon Murphy for
a speech to which he did not respond
Edward j. buddy took the floor and in n
neat speech moved the denomination of the
venerable Patrick MCGOWAN for school TOM
| mittee, and that ii be made by reclamation.
| Then arose hubbub fit to split the welkin.
| Apparently majority of the shooters
| thought that Mr.. MCGOWAN was entitled to
| the courtesy -as indeed he was-but a strong
and determined minority clamored for bal
lot. Meanwhile Gallagher partisans had
been passing around ballots with John A.
Gallagher's name on them, and urging that
young man was needed on the committee.
Somebody wanted check list used, but it
was said that that was impracticable. "You
know the face of almost everybody in the
| ward, and so do l" said one of the commit
tee on counting the ballot, land we can tell
If man attempts to vote who has no right"
An indignant fried of Mr.. MCGOWAN in the
crowd protested that they were not doing the
fair thing by the old man, and moved recon-
sideration of the motion for ballot. But
cries OF ballot" still went up, and the chair
| man said it was the right of a minority to
have ballot. Then the grand rush for the
ballot box began. 1t was freely charged
that men were voting who had no right to,
that boys were depositing ballots, and one
man was accused of voting four times. Ey-
| erybody voted who wished to, however The
| tally:
Necessary for a choice ..................JO6
Patrick MCGOWAN had
John A. Gallagher.
The announcement was received with cries
of Good" "Three cheers for MCGOWAN"
etc. The cheers were given with will, and
were followed by three times three and IT,
ger. 1t was some minutes before the excite
ment and confusion subsidized so that bust
ness could be proceeded with.
John A. Gallagher, Edward buddy and
Michael Mccain were chosen committee to
| select delegates to attend the mayoralty con-
yentlon. They selected John A. Gallagher.
Edward j. buddy, John Gooding, Frank
Ryan, Thomas Hassett, James O'Brien and
Patrick Plunkett.
The delegation was instructed to support
Charles Mccarthy, Jr., as the candidate for
Mayor
Patrick Scully was nominated for warden.
and John z. Carrigan for clerk, both by ac-
clamation. When it came to the naming of
| candidates for constables slight breeze was
| raised The friends of Timothy J. Prinda-
| BILE urged his name on the caucus, with all
the power of their lungs, but somehow scant
attention was paid to their opportunities,
and Michael Ney and James p. Gearan were
decided to be the candidates. Timothy was
not pleased, and expostulated with the chair
and the caucus. 81 was nominated by the
crowd" he urged, and he mounted the rail-
ing and tried to make speech 1t was of
no use; Tim was counted out
These were named for City Committee:
n To I'm oil
W. Flaherty, M. G. Mccain, Daniel j. Carr.
This is the ticket made up by the Ward 2
l Democrats:
Alderman-virgil c. Wilson,
Councmen-M. G. Mccain, Joseph A. Nc
Gowan, Daniel s. Murphy.
School Committee-Patrick MCGOWAN.
Municipalities Scully.
Clerk-John p Carrigan.
City Committee. A. Gallagher, Edward j.
BUDDY, 1. w. Flaherty, NJ G. Mccain, Daniel
Constables-Michael Ney. James P. Gearin.
| delegates TO Mayoralty ConyeHton-Edward j.
| Duddy, John Gowen, Frank Ryan, James 0'Brien
i Patrick Plunkett.
WARD THREE.
The ward room was full, and Mr.. Feeney
was made chairman with Daniel Dresser as
clerk. 1t was voted to proceed to the cleo
ton of seven delegates to the Mayoralty
convention and Immediately two tickets
were put in circulation. The successful one
appears in the list of nominations appended.
The unsuccessful one, which was Deering
ticket, included the following names:
Harry Hayes, John Ahearn, Charles A.
| Dyer, Daniel r. Dresser, Charles I'll. Chase,
| Josiah G. Ward, Royal b. Todd.
The vote upon these tickets stood 6S for
| the Mccarthy ticket to % for the Deering
one, but Captain Charles II. Chase is under
stood as claiming three of the names on the
l successful ticket for Deering.
That business finished, Mr.. Isaac d. Cush-
man was unanimously nominated for Alder
man. The name of Mr.. Webster was then
offered for Councilman, but it was stated he
| didn't live in the ward. Then Messrs. r. Y.
Barber and Durham were nominated and
l withdrew, but finally J. w. Lowe was
named. Then motion was made and car
rled that the rest of the ticket be left to the
Mayoralty delegates to decide upon, when a
voice asked when that delegation would re-
port Then that vote was rescinded, and
alter quite lively discussion ON points of
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